diff --git a/neode-ui/docker/nginx-demo.conf b/neode-ui/docker/nginx-demo.conf
index 2c918631..68d26294 100644
--- a/neode-ui/docker/nginx-demo.conf
+++ b/neode-ui/docker/nginx-demo.conf
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ http {
             }
         }
 
-        # Proxy AIUI API requests (web-search, claude) to backend
-        location /aiui/api/web-search {
+        # Proxy AIUI API requests (web-search, etc.) to backend
+        location /api/ {
             proxy_pass http://neode-backend:5959;
             proxy_http_version 1.1;
             proxy_set_header Host $host;
diff --git a/neode-ui/mock-backend.js b/neode-ui/mock-backend.js
index 8e560485..df3a3192 100755
--- a/neode-ui/mock-backend.js
+++ b/neode-ui/mock-backend.js
@@ -1078,6 +1078,16 @@ app.post('/aiui/api/claude/*', (req, res) => {
   proxyReq.end()
 })
 
+// Web search stub (no search engine configured in demo)
+app.get('/api/web-search', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ results: [], error: 'Web search not available in demo mode' })
+})
+
+// AIUI API catch-all for unimplemented endpoints (return JSON instead of HTML)
+app.all('/aiui/api/*', (req, res) => {
+  res.status(404).json({ error: 'Not found' })
+})
+
 // Health check
 app.get('/health', (req, res) => {
   res.status(200).send('healthy')